Re: [expert] mdkkdm/kdm login
On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:19:27 -0600 (CST) J.P. Pasnak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: !, I'm running into a problem with the logging in via GUI with a fresh install of Mandrake 9.1+updates. Both mdkkdm and kdebase-kdm produce the same results. If I login via the GUI, the system only opens an xterm (I'm assuming this is failsafe mode). From there, I can do 'startkde' and KDE starts. If I use 'autologin', KDE starts properly. If I do 'startx' at the console, with any user, KDE starts properly. Any hints? Did you ever get this resolved? I'm having the exact same problem with cooker, but it's probably the same problem. If you did, could you explain how you did it? -- Wed Jun 25 10:53:42 CDT 2003 - They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mdkkdm/kdm login
John Drouhard said: On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:19:27 -0600 (CST) J.P. Pasnak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: !, I'm running into a problem with the logging in via GUI with a fresh install of Mandrake 9.1+updates. Both mdkkdm and kdebase-kdm produce the same results. If I login via the GUI, the system only opens an xterm (I'm assuming this is failsafe mode). From there, I can do 'startkde' and KDE starts. If I use 'autologin', KDE starts properly. If I do 'startx' at the console, with any user, KDE starts properly. Any hints? Did you ever get this resolved? I'm having the exact same problem with cooker, but it's probably the same problem. If you did, could you explain how you did it? No, I didn't.I'm stuck with xdm, which sucks, since I had to add 'shutdown' and 'reboot' options to all the users KDE menus. -- Live fast, die young, You're sucking up my bandwidth. J.P. Pasnak, CD CCNA http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mdkkdm/kdm login
On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 22:43, J.P. Pasnak wrote: James Sparenberg said: On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 15:54, J.P. Pasnak wrote: James Sparenberg said: On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 11:19, J.P. Pasnak wrote: !, I'm running into a problem with the logging in via GUI with a fresh install of Mandrake 9.1+updates. Both mdkkdm and kdebase-kdm produce the same results. If I login via the GUI, the system only opens an xterm (I'm assuming this is failsafe mode). From there, I can do 'startkde' and KDE starts. If I use 'autologin', KDE starts properly. If I do 'startx' at the console, with any user, KDE starts properly. Any hints? Anything in either /var/log/messages or XFree860.log that would indicate anything? Does GDM or XDM produce the same fun for you? Missed this on the last message. XDM does work but none of the others do. OK, in /etc/X11/gdm the following files/directories exist. factory-gdm.conf gnomerc* locale.alias PreSession/ XKeepsCrashing* gdm.conf Init/ PostSession/ Sessions/ There is a directory called Sessions... in it is Default@ GNOME IceWM KDE WindowMaker (I have all of these WM's installed.) Default is currently a symlink to KDE. Thanks, but it still isn't picking up the Sessions directory, no matter where I put it, or which I direct it to via gdm.conf I think I'm going to try yanking KDE and mdkkdm completly, reinstall, and see what happens. Dunno about yanking KDE but mdkkdm is definitely worth a yank... you might want to add texstar's site to your uprmi and update to the latest he has. A world of kde woa's where solved for me by doing this. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mdkkdm/kdm login
James Sparenberg said: On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 22:43, J.P. Pasnak wrote: = I think I'm going to try yanking KDE and mdkkdm completly, reinstall, and see what happens. Dunno about yanking KDE but mdkkdm is definitely worth a yank... you might want to add texstar's site to your uprmi and update to the latest he has. A world of kde woa's where solved for me by doing this. James Well, poking around in mdkkdm I couldn't find anything that would appear to make a difference (and I'd yanked mdkkdm/kdm/gdm a couple of times already), so I thought yanking KDE completely might help (I know, total shot in the dark). That didn't work either though.I'm going to start fresh again tommorow and see what happens. I've got two more boxes to do after this one, so I hope it goes well :) -- Live fast, die young, You're sucking up my bandwidth. J.P. Pasnak, CD CCNA http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] mdkkdm/kdm login
!, I'm running into a problem with the logging in via GUI with a fresh install of Mandrake 9.1+updates. Both mdkkdm and kdebase-kdm produce the same results. If I login via the GUI, the system only opens an xterm (I'm assuming this is failsafe mode). From there, I can do 'startkde' and KDE starts. If I use 'autologin', KDE starts properly. If I do 'startx' at the console, with any user, KDE starts properly. Any hints? -- Live fast, die young, You're sucking up my bandwidth. J.P. Pasnak, CD CCNA http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mdkkdm/kdm login
On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 11:19, J.P. Pasnak wrote: !, I'm running into a problem with the logging in via GUI with a fresh install of Mandrake 9.1+updates. Both mdkkdm and kdebase-kdm produce the same results. If I login via the GUI, the system only opens an xterm (I'm assuming this is failsafe mode). From there, I can do 'startkde' and KDE starts. If I use 'autologin', KDE starts properly. If I do 'startx' at the console, with any user, KDE starts properly. Any hints? Anything in either /var/log/messages or XFree860.log that would indicate anything? Does GDM or XDM produce the same fun for you? James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mdkkdm/kdm login
James Sparenberg said: On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 11:19, J.P. Pasnak wrote: !, I'm running into a problem with the logging in via GUI with a fresh install of Mandrake 9.1+updates. Both mdkkdm and kdebase-kdm produce the same results. If I login via the GUI, the system only opens an xterm (I'm assuming this is failsafe mode). From there, I can do 'startkde' and KDE starts. If I use 'autologin', KDE starts properly. If I do 'startx' at the console, with any user, KDE starts properly. Any hints? Anything in either /var/log/messages or XFree860.log that would indicate anything? Does GDM or XDM produce the same fun for you? James GDM produces the same results, but complains that the session directory is missing. -- Live fast, die young, You're sucking up my bandwidth. J.P. Pasnak, CD CCNA http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mdkkdm/kdm login
James Sparenberg said: On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 11:19, J.P. Pasnak wrote: !, I'm running into a problem with the logging in via GUI with a fresh install of Mandrake 9.1+updates. Both mdkkdm and kdebase-kdm produce the same results. If I login via the GUI, the system only opens an xterm (I'm assuming this is failsafe mode). From there, I can do 'startkde' and KDE starts. If I use 'autologin', KDE starts properly. If I do 'startx' at the console, with any user, KDE starts properly. Any hints? Anything in either /var/log/messages or XFree860.log that would indicate anything? Does GDM or XDM produce the same fun for you? Missed this on the last message. XDM does work but none of the others do. -- Live fast, die young, You're sucking up my bandwidth. J.P. Pasnak, CD CCNA http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mdkkdm/kdm login
On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 15:54, J.P. Pasnak wrote: James Sparenberg said: On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 11:19, J.P. Pasnak wrote: !, I'm running into a problem with the logging in via GUI with a fresh install of Mandrake 9.1+updates. Both mdkkdm and kdebase-kdm produce the same results. If I login via the GUI, the system only opens an xterm (I'm assuming this is failsafe mode). From there, I can do 'startkde' and KDE starts. If I use 'autologin', KDE starts properly. If I do 'startx' at the console, with any user, KDE starts properly. Any hints? Anything in either /var/log/messages or XFree860.log that would indicate anything? Does GDM or XDM produce the same fun for you? Missed this on the last message. XDM does work but none of the others do. OK, in /etc/X11/gdm the following files/directories exist. factory-gdm.conf gnomerc* locale.alias PreSession/ XKeepsCrashing* gdm.conf Init/ PostSession/ Sessions/ There is a directory called Sessions... in it is Default@ GNOME IceWM KDE WindowMaker (I have all of these WM's installed.) Default is currently a symlink to KDE. According to rpm -q --whatprovides and urpmf these files aren't provided by anything. the KDE file looks like this !/bin/sh exec /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession KDE and has permission 755 The others look the same but with the name changed. You could just create the dir and the files by hand in short order, and gdm will be available to you. On kdm go to /usr/share/config/kdm there is a file in this dir called README that tells you how to regenerate this directory and it's files. This may not have gotten run correctly during install.. Other possibility is that /etc/init.d/mandrakefirstime didn't run right. I believe but I'm not sure that is the program that runs all of the needed generation of these. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mdkkdm/kdm login
James Sparenberg said: On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 15:54, J.P. Pasnak wrote: James Sparenberg said: On Sun, 2003-06-22 at 11:19, J.P. Pasnak wrote: !, I'm running into a problem with the logging in via GUI with a fresh install of Mandrake 9.1+updates. Both mdkkdm and kdebase-kdm produce the same results. If I login via the GUI, the system only opens an xterm (I'm assuming this is failsafe mode). From there, I can do 'startkde' and KDE starts. If I use 'autologin', KDE starts properly. If I do 'startx' at the console, with any user, KDE starts properly. Any hints? Anything in either /var/log/messages or XFree860.log that would indicate anything? Does GDM or XDM produce the same fun for you? Missed this on the last message. XDM does work but none of the others do. OK, in /etc/X11/gdm the following files/directories exist. factory-gdm.conf gnomerc* locale.alias PreSession/ XKeepsCrashing* gdm.conf Init/ PostSession/ Sessions/ There is a directory called Sessions... in it is Default@ GNOME IceWM KDE WindowMaker (I have all of these WM's installed.) Default is currently a symlink to KDE. Thanks, but it still isn't picking up the Sessions directory, no matter where I put it, or which I direct it to via gdm.conf I think I'm going to try yanking KDE and mdkkdm completly, reinstall, and see what happens. -- Live fast, die young, You're sucking up my bandwidth. J.P. Pasnak, CD CCNA http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
